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Amish Hearts #2
An Amish Match
A Convenient Wedding
With a baby on the way, a toddler son to care for and a run-down farm, Amish widow Rebekah Burkholder is worried for her family's future. So when a kind, hardworking Amish widower with three children proposes marriage for sensible reasons, Rebekah accepts. She'll oversee Joshua Stoltzfus's household, be a loving mother to his children and try to reach his rebellious teenager. Joshua will make a wonderful father to her young son and the little one soon to be born. But as Rebekah unexpectedly falls for her new husband, dare she hope that Joshua will reopen his heart to love, too?
With a baby on the way, a toddler son to care for and a run-down farm, Amish widow Rebekah Burkholder is worried for her family's future. So when a kind, hardworking Amish widower with three children proposes marriage for sensible reasons, Rebekah accepts. She'll oversee Joshua Stoltzfus's household, be a loving mother to his children and try to reach his rebellious teenager. Joshua will make a wonderful father to her young son and the little one soon to be born. But as Rebekah unexpectedly falls for her new husband, dare she hope that Joshua will reopen his heart to love, too?
288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2016
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May 28, 2017
She hoped Joshua hadn't seen how she flinched away when he moved his hand toward her. Recoiling away from a man's hand was a habit she couldn't break.
Rebekah lost her husband less than a year ago. This fucker beat her and her child. He beat her also while she was pregnant. Luckily he died in a drunken accident.
Joshua is a widower whose beloved wife died four years ago. He's raising his three kids on his own. He goes to Rebekah's house to propose marriage, based solely on the fact that they both have dead spouses and children and need help.
After they are married Rebekah is very slow to trust Joshua. He has to use his loving kindness and his patience to show her he is not like her abusive dead husband.
Normally a book like this would be extremely appealing to me, but there's no sex and barely even any kissing and that makes me sad.
CATEGORIES:
Amish Romance
Contemporary Romance
Inspirational Romance
Non-Virgin Heroine
Rebekah lost her husband less than a year ago. This fucker beat her and her child. He beat her also while she was pregnant. Luckily he died in a drunken accident.
Joshua is a widower whose beloved wife died four years ago. He's raising his three kids on his own. He goes to Rebekah's house to propose marriage, based solely on the fact that they both have dead spouses and children and need help.
After they are married Rebekah is very slow to trust Joshua. He has to use his loving kindness and his patience to show her he is not like her abusive dead husband.
Normally a book like this would be extremely appealing to me, but there's no sex and barely even any kissing and that makes me sad.
CATEGORIES:
Amish Romance
Contemporary Romance
Inspirational Romance
Non-Virgin Heroine
March 12, 2016
ARC provided by Netgalley
It's a long time since I've read an Amish romance. This one was a nice, sweet read although I felt it should have been longer as it seemed rushed towards the end and I would have preferred to read more about Rebecca and Joshua's romance once they realised their feelings for one another. This is a 'clean' romance, so there are no love scenes.
It's a long time since I've read an Amish romance. This one was a nice, sweet read although I felt it should have been longer as it seemed rushed towards the end and I would have preferred to read more about Rebecca and Joshua's romance once they realised their feelings for one another. This is a 'clean' romance, so there are no love scenes.
June 3, 2018
Rebekah Burkholder life was not easy after losing her abusive husband to his addiction. Joshua Stoltzfus proposal for her to marry him and care for his children and saying Lloyd had requested he watch after Rebekah if anything happened to him. A marriage of convenience with struggles but Rebekah sweet loving spirit changed the lives for Joshua and his children. Little Debby loved Sammy, Rebekah’s three year old. The story had unexpected twist with the teenager Matthew but Joshua and Rebekah were there for him. The romance between the couple was fast at the end as a new life was brought into the family. A quick read for readers who wants a clean wholesome Amish romance story.
March 17, 2016
I enjoyed this story about a young widow, left with a small child and a baby on the way. She married a man who seemed good but had a weakness for drink which he kept hidden from the Amish community. Now free and respectably living in her own household, the lady nevertheless comes under pressure to remarry. She can't maintain the farm and house, while a good hardworking widower needs a housekeeper and mother for his growing children. But shouldn't there be better reasons to marry?
In the general community this would turn into a story where the lady rented out the fields and ran a website design business from home, but those kind of options aren't open to our heroine. So this is similar to a sweet historical romance while firmly in a modern setting. The writing style reads easily while being very descriptive. Anyone looking to start reading Amish romances will enjoy the tale and look for more.
I downloaded a copy from Net Galley for an unbiased review.
In the general community this would turn into a story where the lady rented out the fields and ran a website design business from home, but those kind of options aren't open to our heroine. So this is similar to a sweet historical romance while firmly in a modern setting. The writing style reads easily while being very descriptive. Anyone looking to start reading Amish romances will enjoy the tale and look for more.
I downloaded a copy from Net Galley for an unbiased review.
November 3, 2018
There's a lot of Amish fiction out there--some of it more well done than others. There are also a lot of Love Inspired books out there--some more well done than others. This book ticks both boxes. I felt pulled into the story almost immediately.
Given Rebekah's history, I could understand her reluctance to trust another man, especially one that had been friends with her husband. It seems though that Rebekah realizes she did ignore some telling signs during "courtship"--she also never revealed what her husband did to her to people who might help. That concerns me as I do know there is some abuse that takes place in any culture, the Amish included. I can even understand her thinking of the farm as her safe haven if history repeats itself.
I'm less understanding of Joshua. I can understand that he loved his first wife (Matilda, called Tildie) but he acts as if there's only room for loving one woman in his heart. And he acts like if he loved another woman, it would mean he didn't love Tildie. Poppycock! The fact that he's a father of 3 should have told him that he can love more than one person at a time.
Joshua appears to propose marriage partly out of a sense of duty (he vowed to make sure his friend's family was taken care of if something happened to Lloyd) and partly as a way to get his mom's matchmaking out of his hair--and not because he recognizes that he loves Rebekah. Another reviewer mentioned that this kind of marriage takes the "falling in love and choosing" out of the equation--but then again both characters did have that experience with their respective first spouses, so they have experienced it (though their experiences with it were different).
I am glad that the funeral that opened the book wasn't for Joshua's wife. I have read some books where the father remarried quite quickly because he needed a wife to care for his kids. In this case, Joshua has been a widower for a while and Rebekah a widow for less than a year, but apparently long enough that no one thought it odd that she would remarry.
The children prove to be interesting characters. Timothy, Joshua's oldest at 16, doesn't seem to know how to express himself. He's sullen and argumentative instead of trying to present reasoned arguments. Rebekah, coming in as an outsider, seems to understand his angst and is able to direct his father to possible reasons behind it. In the end, we learn he is more responsible than we thought he might be. Levi (Joshua's son) is starting to grow up and help his uncle--maybe learning a trade as he does so. He's also showing signs of taking responsibility for his own actions. Deborah (Debbie, Joshua's daughter)--I can just see her struggling to cook like her mom and failing--and also see her being the only girl. She responds to Rebekah's love and instruction, working with her to learn to cook.
Samuel (Sammy, Rebekah's son) starts out as a fearful boy and ends up learning to trust others.
Given Rebekah's history, I could understand her reluctance to trust another man, especially one that had been friends with her husband. It seems though that Rebekah realizes she did ignore some telling signs during "courtship"--she also never revealed what her husband did to her to people who might help. That concerns me as I do know there is some abuse that takes place in any culture, the Amish included. I can even understand her thinking of the farm as her safe haven if history repeats itself.
I'm less understanding of Joshua. I can understand that he loved his first wife (Matilda, called Tildie) but he acts as if there's only room for loving one woman in his heart. And he acts like if he loved another woman, it would mean he didn't love Tildie. Poppycock! The fact that he's a father of 3 should have told him that he can love more than one person at a time.
Joshua appears to propose marriage partly out of a sense of duty (he vowed to make sure his friend's family was taken care of if something happened to Lloyd) and partly as a way to get his mom's matchmaking out of his hair--and not because he recognizes that he loves Rebekah. Another reviewer mentioned that this kind of marriage takes the "falling in love and choosing" out of the equation--but then again both characters did have that experience with their respective first spouses, so they have experienced it (though their experiences with it were different).
I am glad that the funeral that opened the book wasn't for Joshua's wife. I have read some books where the father remarried quite quickly because he needed a wife to care for his kids. In this case, Joshua has been a widower for a while and Rebekah a widow for less than a year, but apparently long enough that no one thought it odd that she would remarry.
The children prove to be interesting characters. Timothy, Joshua's oldest at 16, doesn't seem to know how to express himself. He's sullen and argumentative instead of trying to present reasoned arguments. Rebekah, coming in as an outsider, seems to understand his angst and is able to direct his father to possible reasons behind it. In the end, we learn he is more responsible than we thought he might be. Levi (Joshua's son) is starting to grow up and help his uncle--maybe learning a trade as he does so. He's also showing signs of taking responsibility for his own actions. Deborah (Debbie, Joshua's daughter)--I can just see her struggling to cook like her mom and failing--and also see her being the only girl. She responds to Rebekah's love and instruction, working with her to learn to cook.
Samuel (Sammy, Rebekah's son) starts out as a fearful boy and ends up learning to trust others.
September 10, 2019
Reviewed by Tammy
Book provided by NetGalley
Jo Ann Brown has written over 100 books. Her stories' genres include romance, mystery, and paranormal. An Amish Match is the second book in the Amish Hearts series.
In An Amish Match, widower Joshua Stolzfus and widow Rebekah Burkholder were friends but they never expected to be man and wife. Their marriage of convenience seemed to solve the issues of caring for their children. But it also seemed to put their hearts at risk. Neither were sure if they could even love again. An Amish Match is the story of two very different broken hearts trying to mend and possibly finding love in the process.
This story has a lot of characters, it took me awhile in the beginning to keep everyone straight. Still, I found the characters and their feelings to be very real. I have always wondered if a marriage of convenience would work in real life. Could it eventually lead to true love? In An Amish Match , Rebekah and Joshua's resistance to love each other seemed justified to them. This Inspirational romance was sweet and enjoyable to read. It touched on a subject not written about in most of the Amish books I have read. Trusting God, others, and one's own heart is the theme of this Love Inspired Romance Novel.
Book provided by NetGalley
Jo Ann Brown has written over 100 books. Her stories' genres include romance, mystery, and paranormal. An Amish Match is the second book in the Amish Hearts series.
In An Amish Match, widower Joshua Stolzfus and widow Rebekah Burkholder were friends but they never expected to be man and wife. Their marriage of convenience seemed to solve the issues of caring for their children. But it also seemed to put their hearts at risk. Neither were sure if they could even love again. An Amish Match is the story of two very different broken hearts trying to mend and possibly finding love in the process.
This story has a lot of characters, it took me awhile in the beginning to keep everyone straight. Still, I found the characters and their feelings to be very real. I have always wondered if a marriage of convenience would work in real life. Could it eventually lead to true love? In An Amish Match , Rebekah and Joshua's resistance to love each other seemed justified to them. This Inspirational romance was sweet and enjoyable to read. It touched on a subject not written about in most of the Amish books I have read. Trusting God, others, and one's own heart is the theme of this Love Inspired Romance Novel.
February 16, 2021
Though Amish romance is popular, this is the first one I’ve read. It reminds me of sci-fi, where the author must unfold a foreign world but with enough familiar elements to establish a relatable context. This author does a good job, though the constant italicizing of the same German words throughout the book became annoying, as if the reader can’t be trusted to know the word the twentieth time it’s used. I appreciated seeing every main character’s internal growth, including the children. The love story between Rebekah and Joshua seems natural and is charming and heartwarming. I can see the appeal for this genre.
October 3, 2024
Another in the Vows series, in which widow Rebekah is approached by widower Joshua to marry him. He needs someone to take care of his three children and he knows she needs help caring for her toddler son and the new baby she is carrying.
But can she love him after having endured assaults from her first husband? Can he love her after vowing he would always love his first wife? And what about the children? Will they accept each other and the new family that Joshua and Rebekah will create?
But can she love him after having endured assaults from her first husband? Can he love her after vowing he would always love his first wife? And what about the children? Will they accept each other and the new family that Joshua and Rebekah will create?
October 7, 2017
Great love story.
January 27, 2020
It was a good book!
April 19, 2021
This Amish story tackles the issue of wife abuse and how it affects families, friends, children and wives as well.
December 1, 2021
4.5
Could have done with something other than Loyd’s abusive backstory, but I guess it set up the happiest of things for Rebekah.
Could have done with something other than Loyd’s abusive backstory, but I guess it set up the happiest of things for Rebekah.
October 3, 2022
Great story! Love how they both found happiness again. Would read again.
March 18, 2026
very good book
August 10, 2024
Just couldn't get into this book. I gave it 3 chapters to see if it would get better. Unfortunately, it did not.
January 7, 2026
Nice fast read that was heartwarming and kept my interest. It was predictable but in a way that just made it a nice cozy read. This was a good “palate cleanser” between books.
September 11, 2018
A friend gave me this book in a box of books, and my mom, who is also reading through the box of books, declared it to be one of the better ones. I think she is getting addicted to reading these Love Inspired books as light bedtime reading.
Sometimes I think the Amish Romance genre is overdone. It's interesting a few times, but not in the vast wealth of books on it. This book, however, was well done and pulled me into the story. As always, I liked the children characters.
Rebekah, a widow, married Joshua, a widower, although she didn't love him, merely to have good support for her children. He had the same motives - a mom for his kids, a housekeeper and cook for his family. Usually, I don't like reading the books where the characters fall in love after a marriage of convenience or necessity - like Janette Oke's "Love Comes Softly," and in that case, I think the main character was also pregnant. (I would say that readers who enjoyed this book would probably like that one, too.) I think I would rather die than marry a stranger or someone I didn't love, a thought complicated by children.
Many years ago, I had a good friend of a different culture who had been in an arranged marriage. She said that although she grown to love her husband and children - and I could tell that she genuinely did, and that he was tender and compassionate with her - she wished she had had the experience of falling in love and choosing for herself. We had deep conversations on the topic; she could tell I love my husband. I felt sorry for her having that experience of choosing stolen from her.
She was curious about the whole falling-in-love-thing, and yet keeping it pure. Her culture taught that there is no such thing as dating and staying pure. While we agreed that most people don't, or don't even attempt to stay pure, she was curious how one could go about both love and purity. Sexual purity was important to her and to her culture.
Again, I felt sorry for her never having had the chance.... but I think, in the end, it turned out alright for her. She has a husband and children that she loves, and actually, she has done amazing things with her life, far beyond the expectations of her culture, simply "because I could." I think she wanted to show them, and herself, that she was a woman of astounding intellect, and that she could, indeed. I referred to her, on occasion, as "Wonder Woman." I was teaching college-level electrical engineering myself, but it was she to whom I turned with any nasty engineering problems I could not solve. I am sorry that we lost touch when I moved away.
My point is that, these type of books aside, loveless marriages, not getting to choose, not falling in love beforehand leaves a sadness, a wistfulness, and maybe a bitterness. I don't think my friend was bitter at all, more wistful, but I could imagine it ending up with bitterness in some people. I don't think the situation should be idealized, but I imagine that this author, and perhaps author Janette Oke, too, would say that their point is that love can develop despite such situations. And I have seen in my friend that this is true.
Speaking again of "An Amish Match," at first I thought the Timothy character was just another stereotype of a cranky teenager, but he did have a depth and a side to him that made me smile, after all.
And yes, there exist people who don't like the taste of alcohol.
Sometimes I think the Amish Romance genre is overdone. It's interesting a few times, but not in the vast wealth of books on it. This book, however, was well done and pulled me into the story. As always, I liked the children characters.
Rebekah, a widow, married Joshua, a widower, although she didn't love him, merely to have good support for her children. He had the same motives - a mom for his kids, a housekeeper and cook for his family. Usually, I don't like reading the books where the characters fall in love after a marriage of convenience or necessity - like Janette Oke's "Love Comes Softly," and in that case, I think the main character was also pregnant. (I would say that readers who enjoyed this book would probably like that one, too.) I think I would rather die than marry a stranger or someone I didn't love, a thought complicated by children.
Many years ago, I had a good friend of a different culture who had been in an arranged marriage. She said that although she grown to love her husband and children - and I could tell that she genuinely did, and that he was tender and compassionate with her - she wished she had had the experience of falling in love and choosing for herself. We had deep conversations on the topic; she could tell I love my husband. I felt sorry for her having that experience of choosing stolen from her.
She was curious about the whole falling-in-love-thing, and yet keeping it pure. Her culture taught that there is no such thing as dating and staying pure. While we agreed that most people don't, or don't even attempt to stay pure, she was curious how one could go about both love and purity. Sexual purity was important to her and to her culture.
Again, I felt sorry for her never having had the chance.... but I think, in the end, it turned out alright for her. She has a husband and children that she loves, and actually, she has done amazing things with her life, far beyond the expectations of her culture, simply "because I could." I think she wanted to show them, and herself, that she was a woman of astounding intellect, and that she could, indeed. I referred to her, on occasion, as "Wonder Woman." I was teaching college-level electrical engineering myself, but it was she to whom I turned with any nasty engineering problems I could not solve. I am sorry that we lost touch when I moved away.
My point is that, these type of books aside, loveless marriages, not getting to choose, not falling in love beforehand leaves a sadness, a wistfulness, and maybe a bitterness. I don't think my friend was bitter at all, more wistful, but I could imagine it ending up with bitterness in some people. I don't think the situation should be idealized, but I imagine that this author, and perhaps author Janette Oke, too, would say that their point is that love can develop despite such situations. And I have seen in my friend that this is true.
Speaking again of "An Amish Match," at first I thought the Timothy character was just another stereotype of a cranky teenager, but he did have a depth and a side to him that made me smile, after all.
And yes, there exist people who don't like the taste of alcohol.
April 7, 2016
It didn’t take long for me to begin walking in Rebekah Burkholder’s shoes and become absorbed in her life and her darling three year old Sammy. When Joshua Stoltzfus’s family badgers him to remarry he thinks of Rebekah a recent widow and decides he might as well help the both of them.
Rebekah was married to one of Joshua’s best friends and he know he can never fill his shoes or replace her love for him, he is also three years widowed and still madly in love with his deceased wife.
Rebekah is keeping secrets from her new husband, and he has noticed how she flinches from his touch, will he regret his decision? His family of two sons and a daughter welcome Rebekah and Sammy and love they way the house has cleaned up and the mouth-watering meals that they are now enjoying.
Will all of this come to an end because of Rebekah’s past? Will his children decide they don’t want her in their live as a mother?
Come and enjoy this really sweet, page-turning read. I’m so glad I turned the first cover.
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin, and was not required to give a positive review.
Rebekah was married to one of Joshua’s best friends and he know he can never fill his shoes or replace her love for him, he is also three years widowed and still madly in love with his deceased wife.
Rebekah is keeping secrets from her new husband, and he has noticed how she flinches from his touch, will he regret his decision? His family of two sons and a daughter welcome Rebekah and Sammy and love they way the house has cleaned up and the mouth-watering meals that they are now enjoying.
Will all of this come to an end because of Rebekah’s past? Will his children decide they don’t want her in their live as a mother?
Come and enjoy this really sweet, page-turning read. I’m so glad I turned the first cover.
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin, and was not required to give a positive review.
April 26, 2016
I love these Amish romances from Harlequin. There is just something heartwarming and reaffirming about the goodness in the world - the simple life and dedication to family, community and God.
Rebekah’s first marriage proves though that even in an Amish life there are still problems. She’s hesitant to trust a man again but realizes that marriage to Joshua is the best thing for her kids. And spending time with a man that has such a good heart goes a long way to reminding her that there are worthy men in the world.
Joshua doesn’t understand why Rebekah is so skittish but he realizes that having a strong, caring woman in the house full time is doing wonderful things for his family. But he finds it very hard to reconcile moving on from his first wife who he loved very much.
Their private battles could be true for anyone – Amish or not. And the glimpse into their community and beliefs just adds extra heart to an already touching story of two people deciding if they can let go of the past and move forward together.
(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)
Rebekah’s first marriage proves though that even in an Amish life there are still problems. She’s hesitant to trust a man again but realizes that marriage to Joshua is the best thing for her kids. And spending time with a man that has such a good heart goes a long way to reminding her that there are worthy men in the world.
Joshua doesn’t understand why Rebekah is so skittish but he realizes that having a strong, caring woman in the house full time is doing wonderful things for his family. But he finds it very hard to reconcile moving on from his first wife who he loved very much.
Their private battles could be true for anyone – Amish or not. And the glimpse into their community and beliefs just adds extra heart to an already touching story of two people deciding if they can let go of the past and move forward together.
(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)
July 28, 2016
"4.5 out of 5 stars! Joshua and Rebekah are both young Amish widowers who have kids (with one more on the way) and have known each other for a long time (Joshua was the best friend of Rebekah’s husband), but after Joshua’s wife passed away four years prior the families had grown apart from one another. Not long after another tragedy brings them back together, Joshua (with the encouragement from his mother) proposes to Rebekah. They bring their lives together not out of love but to help one another. Yet they both are holding secrets from each other, will they be able to overcome them to become a happy family that they both desire/deserve? Or will their secrets end up hurting them both in the long run?
I was looking for an engaging Amish romance and I found one in this enticing novel! As I read it in one day! All of the characters (Rebekah, Joshua, and their children) were..."
Read more of this review and THREE TEASERS here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2016/08/feasted-on-amish-hearts-series-book-2.html
I was looking for an engaging Amish romance and I found one in this enticing novel! As I read it in one day! All of the characters (Rebekah, Joshua, and their children) were..."
Read more of this review and THREE TEASERS here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2016/08/feasted-on-amish-hearts-series-book-2.html
March 3, 2016
4 STARS
This is a nice clean Amish romance. It also deals with abuse and alcohol which you don't think of in the
Amish. There is plenty of cute characters, Amish lifestyle. Just a good story.
Rebekah Burkholder is a widow. She has a toddler son and a baby on the way. She is hiding secrets.
Her husband and her friend from childhood, Joshua Stoltzfus asks her to marry him.
Joshua is a widower with three children. He needs help with his children. He is still in love with his deceased wife. He also feels that he should have done more for his friends widow. Rebekah was beautiful and a good friend.
Rebekah is afraid to tell people about her abuse because she is afraid that people will always look on her son to see if he acts like his father.
I like them trying to blend their families and grow closer together. There are some real funny moments in the story.
I would read more books by Jo Ann Brown in the future.
I was given this ebook from NetGalley and Harlequin. In return I agreed to give a honest review of An Amish Match.
This is a nice clean Amish romance. It also deals with abuse and alcohol which you don't think of in the
Amish. There is plenty of cute characters, Amish lifestyle. Just a good story.
Rebekah Burkholder is a widow. She has a toddler son and a baby on the way. She is hiding secrets.
Her husband and her friend from childhood, Joshua Stoltzfus asks her to marry him.
Joshua is a widower with three children. He needs help with his children. He is still in love with his deceased wife. He also feels that he should have done more for his friends widow. Rebekah was beautiful and a good friend.
Rebekah is afraid to tell people about her abuse because she is afraid that people will always look on her son to see if he acts like his father.
I like them trying to blend their families and grow closer together. There are some real funny moments in the story.
I would read more books by Jo Ann Brown in the future.
I was given this ebook from NetGalley and Harlequin. In return I agreed to give a honest review of An Amish Match.
April 16, 2016
I liked this book much better than the first one in the series - Amish Homecoming. While it was still an angst-y read, the story-line made that appropriate.
This is a simple story, one that has been done quite a bit -two people both widowed need help - either with kids, with money problems or with housework. I get that in the Amish community people do marry for other reasons than love. And I loved seeing this couple ( Rebekah and Joshua) learn to overcome their issues, one couldn't seem to get over a deceased spouse and one couldn't trust the opposite sex. Eventually life and love win out and we get our HEA!
This book found ways to surprise me and that is a good thing in my opinion.
This is a simple story, one that has been done quite a bit -two people both widowed need help - either with kids, with money problems or with housework. I get that in the Amish community people do marry for other reasons than love. And I loved seeing this couple ( Rebekah and Joshua) learn to overcome their issues, one couldn't seem to get over a deceased spouse and one couldn't trust the opposite sex. Eventually life and love win out and we get our HEA!
This book found ways to surprise me and that is a good thing in my opinion.
July 9, 2016
I read this on the Kindle
I enjoyed this book it about a widow Rebekah who was an abused wife & she has a toddler with one on the way her husband never knew about
Joshua is a widower of 4 years & was a good friend to Rebekah's husband they enter in a marriage of convenient so she can be mother to his 3 children & he can be father to her son & the expected child
She flinches when he just goes to touch her but can't understand why
It a story that see it share of problems in that a married couple, teenage son, a toddler who seen the abuse his mother had & of course no one wants to share secrets all to make good reading
I enjoyed this book it about a widow Rebekah who was an abused wife & she has a toddler with one on the way her husband never knew about
Joshua is a widower of 4 years & was a good friend to Rebekah's husband they enter in a marriage of convenient so she can be mother to his 3 children & he can be father to her son & the expected child
She flinches when he just goes to touch her but can't understand why
It a story that see it share of problems in that a married couple, teenage son, a toddler who seen the abuse his mother had & of course no one wants to share secrets all to make good reading
June 3, 2016
When your are attacked both physically and verbally by your spouse you would be afraid to trust men. This is what Rebekah deals with until her husband dies. Joshua wants to be there for Rebekah and he was her husbands best friend and he lost his wife a few years previous. He has know idea of the turmoil that she went through but he asks Rebekah to be his wife and take care of his wife. With trepidation she agrees and in time sees what a wonderful husband Joshua is. I loved the story line behind this book.
May 25, 2016
Jo Ann,
I had to take my dog to the vet and knew I'd be there hours. I took your book and finished the whole thing! What a great read. I loved Joshua and his family. I was looking forward to her sharing her story with Joshua, and I liked how Timothy came along.
I'm going back to read the first one.
I had to take my dog to the vet and knew I'd be there hours. I took your book and finished the whole thing! What a great read. I loved Joshua and his family. I was looking forward to her sharing her story with Joshua, and I liked how Timothy came along.
I'm going back to read the first one.
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May 2, 2016"Rebekah is a strong, courageous woman, and the characters demonstrate great perseverance. Brown tactfully addresses an issue not commonly discussed in Amish-themed novels" (4 stars @ RT Book Reviews).
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May 20, 2016
This is a nice easy clean read. I really enjoy these short reads. Rebekah and Joshua have a lot to overcome but they manage to make a family out of his and hers. The Amish novels are always a wholesome read.
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February 15, 2016You can read my review in the May 2016 issue of RT Bookreviews Magazine.
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